Calmar, Alberta

Calmar is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Leduc County, on Highway 39, 35 km southwest from Edmonton. It was named in 1900 for Kalmar, Sweden, the home town of its first postmaster, C. J. Blomquist.

Climate
Calmar experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Calmar had a population of 2,183 living in 893 of its 937 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 2,228. With a land area of 4.67 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Calmar recorded a population of 2,228 living in 842 of its 861 total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of 1,970. With a land area of 4.68 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

The population of the Town of Calmar according to its 2014 municipal census is 2,101, a NaN% change from its 2009 municipal census population of 2,033.

Economy
The Town of Calmar is a member of the Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Association, an economic development partnership that markets Alberta's International Region in proximity to the Edmonton International Airport.